Past simple

Wh questions (what,
where, when, who, how )
Examples:
What was in the exam?
Where were you this morning?
When was your birthday?
Who was that girl?
How was the cake?

Organize the sentences

late/ you/ this/ morning/why?

difficult/your /exam/?
your new camera/ how much/?
angry/you/yesterday/why/?
nice/the weather/ last week/?

I______happy.
You______(not) angry.
She ______ in London last week.
He ______ (not) on holiday.
It ______ cold.
Questions
_______ weat school?
______ youat the cinema.
______ theyat home.
______ _______caton the roof. (WH + VERB TO BE)
______ _______the childrenin the garden. (WH + VERB TO BE)

REGULAR VERBS
(ed)
To change a regular verb into its past

tense form, we normally add ED to the

end of the verb.
play played
cook cooked
rain rained
wait waited

Examples on regular
verbs past simple
- Last night Iplayedmy guitar loudly and the
neighborscomplained.
- Shekissedme on the cheek.
- Itrainedyesterday.
- AngelawatchedTV all night.
- Johnwantedto go to the museum.

Spelling rules
If the word ends in a Consonant + Vowel + Consonant, we
double the final consonant and add ED.

Verb
stop
admit
plan
refer

ED form
stopped
admitted
planned
referred

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The policemanstoppedthe thief from escaping.

Headmittedthat he was wrong.
Weplanneda surprise birthday party for our friend.
Ireferredthe students to the website where they

If a two-syllable verb ends in a Consonant + Vowel +

Consonant, we DO NOT double the final consonant when
the stress is on the FIRST syllable.
Verb
ED form
to happen happened What happened?
to enter
entered I entered through the back door.
to offeroffered She was offered a new position with a higher salary.
to suffer
suffered
Many people are suffered from a lack of food
and water.

BUT, we DO NOT double the final

consonant when the word ends in
W, X or Y or when the final syllable
is not stressed.
Verb
ED form
to fix
fixed
He fixed his bike.
to enjoy
enjoyed We enjoyed our time in
the North of
Chile.
to snow
snowed It snowed yesterday.

PAST SIMPLE IRREGULAR

VERBS
Irregular Verbs in the Past Tense
Irregular verbs are ONLY irregular in affirmative
sentences.
The wordwentis used for all subjects I, you, we, they,
he, she, it.
Iwentto the beach
Hewentto the park.
Shewentto the zoo.
Theywentto the library.

I / He / She / It / You / We / They

+
Irregular verb (slept, wrote, went,
understood)
+
Rest of the sentence

Examples
She took an exam last week
He sent his money to his brother
They said the truth to the boss
You had bad luck
She woke up at 8 am

Exercises
Last year I ___________(go)to England on holiday.
It ___________ (be)fantastic.
I ___________ (go)tolots of interesting places. I ________
(be)with two friends of mine .
In the mornings we ___________ (feed)our dogs.
In the evenings we ___________ (go)to pubs.
The weather ___________ (be)strangely fine.
It ___________ (drink)a lot.
But we ___________ (see)some beautiful rainbows.

Negative sentences in
the
Past
Tense
We use didn't
(did not)
to make a negative sentence in the
past tense. THE VERB IS IN INFINITIVE NOT IN PAST
This is for regular AND irregular verbs in English.
Examples of negative sentences in the Past Tense
I didn't want to go to the dentist.
She didn't have time.
He didn't come to my party.
They didn't study so they didn't pass the test.
We didn't sleep well last night.

From positive to negative

Heplayedhandball. He _______________handball.
Susanwaitedin the kitchen. Susan____________in
the kitchen.
Imadethe beds. I_____________the beds.
Theycleanedthe classroom. They_____________the
classroom.
Sheaskeda lot of questions. She______________a lot
of questions.

Questions
Did
Did
Did
Did

you sleep?
he play in the garden?
she swim at the beach?
they steal that car?

Create 3 questions.

Past continuous
We use the Past Continuous to indicate that a longer
action in the past was interrupted.
Examples:
Iwas watchingTV when she called.
Youwere not listeningto me when I told you to turn the
music off.
When Johnwas sleepinglast night, someone stole his car.
Last night at 6 PM, Iwas eatingdinner.

Pronoun + was/were + verb ing

Write affirmative
sentences in past
you / play / cards_________________________________________
continuous.
Alice / walk / around the
lake________________________________________
Caron / listen / to the radio
______________________________________
we / read / a book about
Australia_______________________________________
Linda / look for / her
ring_________________________________________
Fiona and Sam / visit / the castle
________________________________________

For negative sentences we

add the word not after
the was/were
You weren't doing the shopping
She wasnt watching tv
We werent having lunch
They werent fighting each other

Create 4 negative sentences using HE, SHE,

THEY, YOU

Write negative sentences

in past continuous
Sarah and Luke / not / work________________________________
Mister Miller / not / teach /
chemistry__________________________
Barry / not / drive / a taxi __________________________________
Mandy / not / have / lunch _______________________________
Albert / not / play / tennis_________________________________
Taylor and Bob / not / cycle / home____________________________

Questions in the Past

Continuous
Were you

Was

readi book
ng
s?

playi
Peter
ng

Yes,
No,
No,

Yes,
footb
No,
all?
No,

I
I
I

was.
was
not.
wasn'
t.

he
he
he

was.
was
not.
wasn'
t.

Questions
__________Ashley__________on the computer?(work)
__________they__________the bike?(repair)
__________Melissa__________out a book?(take)
__________you__________to music?(listen)
__________Nicolas__________at a picture?(look)
__________Emma and Bertha__________their
friend?(phone)

To make a'wh' question(of

course) put the question word
Why
was Ibeginning:
working?
at
the
Where were you living?
How was she travelling?
Where was he going?
Why was it snowing in the summer?
What were we eating?
Why were they studying?

Who were they? What were they

doing?
What was happening?

One sunny day, Billy and Timmy were delivering a box to Mr. Thompson. The crate was full
of glasses. They were carrying the box on a cart. They were taking the glasses to Mr.
Thompson's store at the end of the street. They were being very careful with the crate full
of glasses.
As they were passing by the school, they saw Jack and Tom. Jack and Tom were playing
soccer. Billy and Timmy asked the other boys for help. The four boys steered the cart
through the streets. While Billy and Timmy were pulling from the front, Jack and Tom were
pushing from behind.
As they were walking, Billy and Timmy were guiding the cart over bumps and holes. They
were protecting the glasses. When the four boys arrived at the store, Mr. Thompson was
waiting for them. While Mr. Thompson was unloading the glasses, he thanked the boys for
their hard work. None of the glasses were broken! The boys were feeling very proud of their
hard work.

Answer with past continuous

sentences
-

What were Billy and Timmy doing with the box?

Why were they being careful?

- What were Jack and Tom doing? Where were they?

- Who was waiting for the boys? At the store? How
were the boys feeling at the end of the story?

Make the past simple or

past continuous
1) What _____________ (you/do) when I _________ (call) you last night?
2) I ___________ (sit) in a cafe when you _________ (call).
3) When you __________ (arrive) at the party, who _________(be)
there?
4) Susie ___________ (watch) a film when she _________ (hear) the
noise.
5) Yesterday I _________ (go) to the library, next I _________ (have) a
swim, later I _________ (meet) Julie for coffee.
6) We _____________ (play) tennis when John _________ (hurt) his ankle .